To the extent that a consumer may be expected to buy an album called
Your Hit Parade: 1959 on the assumption that it is, in essence, "1959's
Greatest Hits," this album must be considered an appalling failure. It
contains 24 tracks, but of the 24 biggest hits of 1959...

Judging by the charts, this selection contains 21 of the 24 most
successful songs of the year. 1949 was a period of rampant cover
versions, and in a couple of cases the compilers have not chosen the
most popular recording of a song, but every included version was a
substantial hit....

Music in 1942 was subject to two major news events: World War II, which
the U.S. had entered the previous December, and the recording ban called
by the musicians union, which shut down the recording studios on August
1. The first had a major effect on the subjects of popular songs on
this collection....